Weekly business update (May 9)
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 21:11:34 -0700 | business-news
Moving The Small Business Administration Wichita District office will open in a new location Wednesday, at 220 W...Recognized RSA Marketing received a gold Aster Award in the social media category for its Wesley Medical Center Baby Billboard Facebook Application and...
Beechcraft reports delivery increase for first quarter
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 21:11:32 -0700 | business-news
The newly reorganized Beechcraft Corp. delivered 59 Beechcraft and military aircraft, plus the final six remaining Hawker 4000 business jets, during the first quarter of 2013, the company said Wednesday. That compares to 37 Beechcraft airplanes delivered in the first...
Simplicity in government regulation would go long way to aiding small businesses
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 05:14:58 -0700 | business-news
Photos The challenges facing small business are the greatest I have seen in my lifetime. The National Federation of Independent Business reports in its national survey that some of the top issues are: Health care costs (a top issue for...
Jennifer Waters's Consumer Confidential: You have too many bank accounts
Source: MarketWatch
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 04:29:05 -0700 | business-news
If you really want to curb your spending, dump those extra checking and savings accounts and consolidate them all into one. The traditional thinking is that having more than one liquid savings and checking account can help with saving, letting...
Wheat crop looks pretty good in eastern Kansas, tour participants say
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 09:32:13 -0700 | business-news
That's the idea behind the annual Kansas Wheat Tour, an arduous three-day, many-hundred-mile trip to see first-hand how good or bad the wheat crop is. After two days, the verdict was not unexpected: far western Kansas' wheat crop is suffering...
GLMV Architecture lays off about a dozen employees in second round of layoffs
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 14:40:20 -0700 | business-news
Some employees also will now be working reduced hours. "Nobody saw this coming," says one laid-off worker. "Everybody's so shocked." Neither Chairman Bill Livingston nor CEO Jeff Van Sickle returned calls for comment. Sources say that in some ways, the...
Report: Kansas jobs forecast better than in 2012
Source: The Hutchinson News
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 20:18:29 -0700 | business-news
Employment in Kansas is forecast to grow at a "slightly faster rate" than last year and is expected to add nearly 24,000 jobs to the state's economy, according to a report released Tuesday...Most of those new jobs are in the...
Kan. wheat tour early results show varied yields
Source: The Hutchinson News
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 17:39:13 -0700 | business-news
Participants in the Kansas winter wheat tour are finding less freeze damage than had been expected during the first leg of this year's event. Some 20 cars left Manhattan Tuesday morning before fanning out along six routes that will take...
WSU forecast: Wichita to gain nearly 5,000 jobs in 2013
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 16:13:11 -0700 | business-news
Photos Nonfarm jobs in the Wichita area will rise 1.7 percent during 2013, for a total gain of nearly 5,000 jobs, according to a new analysis by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University. The...
Cessna makes offer of voluntary buyouts to hourly workers
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-29 13:50:23 -0700 | business-news
Cessna Aircraft is offering a voluntary retirement program for up to 180 Machinist-represented workers as it aligns its work force with its reduced forecast for sales and production. The action, coupled with a similar program for salaried employees announced earlier...
Man tries twice to rob businesses in south Wichita
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-28 11:17:28 -0700 | business-news
A 35-year-old man was arrested after he tried to rob a hotel and convenience store Saturday morning, police said. The man demanded money from a clerk at the Days Inn at 4835 S. Broadway at 7:10 a.m., but the clerk...
Kansas Abortion Law Includes Pointless Tax Provisions
Source: Forbes
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-27 20:44:42 -0700 | business-news
Constitution and the judicial decisions and interpretations of the U.S...Abortion is one of those issues where each side tends to think that they totally possess the moral high ground. This can lead to a loss of perspective. There will be...
Bank of Kansas parent sees lower net income
Source: The Hutchinson News
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 16:03:34 -0700 | business-news
The Assocaited Press The holding company of the Bank of Kansas said its first quarter net income was down from a year ago. Southwest Bancorp said Wednesday that its net income for the quarter ending March 31 was $2.4 million,...
Koch downplays report of newspaper-company purchase
Source: Kansas.com
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 16:46:20 -0700 | business-news
More information Read the New York Times' blog on the Koch brothers' possible bid for the Tribune Co. newspapers at http://nyti.ms/ZckqGU Koch Industries officials Monday were downplaying a weekend report by the New York Times that the Wichita-based company is...
Books to read
Source: The Hindu
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 05:16:38 -0700 | business-news
Look forward to the holidays with these fantastic titles at hand...One day a cyclone lifts her and drops her in the enchanted land of the Munchkins. Here she meets some fantastic characters the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, the Cowardly Lion...
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